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Old 09-24-2006, 12:05 PM  
Solid Bob
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Originally Posted by Joe Citizen
No the anti-gunners will point out the actual firearm statistics instead of misrepresenting the data.

For example in 2004 the number of victims of firearm violence was 331,630 but in 2005 it rose dramatically to 477,040. In 2004 the percentage of firearm violence as a proportion of all violent incidents was 6%. In 2005 this rose to 9%. A staggering increase.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/...onfataltab.htm

So yes, more guns = more gun violence.

You think the number of firearms decreased all those years before that?
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